Improvement in rectum-bathing apparatus



UNITED STATES PATENT OFErCE.

IMPROVEMENT IN RECTUM-BATHING APPARATUS. l

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 116,895, dated July 11,1871.

,To all whom it may concern:

' being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for bathing therectum or for administering injections 3 and it consists in a cha-irwith a large opening through the bottom; a Huid-reservoir at the back,considerably above the bot tom; and a hose-pipe for conducting the waterdown under the chair and discharging it upward through the hole in thebottom, said pipe being provided with a stop-cock, with a lever andhandle for working it. s

Figure l is a sectional elevation of my improved apparatus. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section taken on the line x .fr of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 representsan injecting-nozzle and hose to be attached to the pipe when required.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is an ordinary chair with a large opening in the bottom, to which Iapply a water-tank C, at

the back above the seat, and to the tank I apply a leg or brace, B, forsupporting it against falling over backward when charged with water. Dis a hose-pipe attached to the bottom of the reservoir, and is toconduct the water under the chair and discharge it upward through thehole. E is a wide conical rim extending below the bottom to cause thedischarged water to fall into a slop-bucket, F, which may be set on theiioor below. The pipe may have any kind of a nozzle for sprinkling orinjections, and short pipes, G, with injecting-nozzle, may be securedonto the end of said pipe. I is the stop-valve. K is a lever attachedthereto, and L is a pull-piece rising up through the chair-seat forworking the valve.

This bathing apparatus will be very serviceable to persons havinginirmities requiring' such treatment.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patente The combination, with the chair having a hole throughthe bottom, of the water-tank and pipe, the latter being provided with astop-valve, and all arranged substantially as specified.

A C. B. VERONEE.

Witnesses:

W. A. RooKER, M. MARTIN.

